The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01
FARM AND FiREsIDE.

Because . wife does not speak ont
against some Of your habits 10 no proof
hat they do not make her unhappy
Pomeroy's Advance Thought.
When breeding horses for the farm
10 not ignore speed. but have that
speed in walking instead Of trotting.
and train the colts in the same direc.
ton.
Sour Cream Cookies: One cup Of
sour cream. one cup Of sugar, small
teaspoonful of soda, little salt, -four
enough to make a soft dough, flavor
with lemon. - Boston Budget.
Rice Waffles: Warm a cup and
half of cold boiled rice in . pint Of
milk. Add pint Of cold milk. an egg,
salt, and flour enough to make thin
batter. Bake in waffle irons well but
tered. Good Cheer.
Bread Fritters: Cut thin, round
slices of bread. butter them very lightly,
spread with jam and stick together in
pairs. Fry in boiling lard. after dip
ping in a batter Of one egg. one pint Of
milk, pinch Of salt and flour enough
to make pancake batter. Exchange.
Cook lamb chops on skewers that
contain each the chop, lump of kid
ney, one Of liver. all powdered over
with finely-chopped garlic; salt and
pepper when smoking hot, and you
will have the dainty kabob. The
skewer should be bright as silver
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Potato Cake: To . pint Of cold
mashed potatoes add teacupful OF lean
meat chopped very fine. one egg, pep
per and salt to taste. Mix and form in
to cakes, and roll each ope in we'll
beaten egg, then in bread crumbs, and
try delicate brown in beef dripping. -
Mothers Magazine.
"A convenient vessel for the fowls
to drink out of is made by saving off
about six inches Of the top Of a nail keg
and setting common washbasin in it.
The rim Of the basin just laps over the
edge Of the keg; and the continuance is
elevated enough to keep the fowls from
scratching dirt into the water. Indian
GpOlis Journal.
Ginger Cookies: Beat together one
egg. one cup Of brown sugar, one table,
spoonful Of vinegar and one of ginger.
Take one cup of molasses. let it come to
a boil, stir into it one tablespoonful of
soda; stir the molasses slightly after
taking from the stove to cool it. then
stir it while foaming over rest Of cake.
mix out lightly. cut cakes and bake in
> quick oven.- Chicago Herald.
"A correspondent in the StockDsan
gives her ways of using salt pork which
will be found q pleasant change from
boiling or frying: To fry pork, cut it
in thin slices. freshen q while and fry
slowly, turning often to do each side
alike. Have ready . batter prepared
in the following manner: One egg, two
tablespoonful Of cream and -four
enough to thicken slightly. When the
meat is done drop the batter with q
spoon upon each side Of the meat, turn
ing and returning until the batter is
brown.
"A sick horse is as unfit to work as
is sick man, and animals that are
kept housed most of the time are easily
injured by exposure to storms. It Is
not advisable to blanket horses in
stables except for . little while when
brought in after working and when wet
either from sweat or rain. The change
to horse blanketed in the stable when
taken out in cold or stormy weather
makes the animal especially liable to
take cold. In barn the natural cover
ing Of hair over . horse is sufficient.
Animals exposed to the storms and
changes Of weather incident to farm
work should not lie clipped.-St. Louis
Republican.